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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What room has Bond been moved to in his hotel?

2. What is the only way Kerim could have sneaked Bond into the country?

3. Why has Bond been moved to the honeymoon suite?

4. What mistake does Nash make at dinner?

5. Where does the chauffeur take Bond?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the fight between the gypsies and the faceless ones

2. How does Kerim kill the faceless one's leader?

3. How does Bond find out the man looking at him is a British agent?

4. How does Kerim die?

5. How does Bond persuade Tatiana to get the code machine?

6. Why does the gypsy allow Bond to stay and see the fight?

7. Why does Tatiana refuse to take a plane?

8. Summarize the novel.

9. Why did Kerim make Bond visit so public?

10. What does Bond think of Darko Kerim?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Bond books greatly influenced modern literature and, in particular, crime books. Choose a book written after the novel that you think was influenced by it and discuss there similarities in terms of

a) plot

b) character

c) themes.

Essay Topic 2

Fleming worked as an intelligence officer during World War II, adhering to the rule that writers should write about what they know. Do you think it is obvious that Fleming knows his subject? What difference do you think it makes to the story? Are there any moments where you think Fleming does not portray a character or setting so well? What affect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 3

FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE is part of the spy fiction genre.

1) What are the conventions of the genre in terms of character, language and plot?

2) In what way did the Bond series help to set the template for similar novels? Do modern novels still use the ideas used in FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE?

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